Urinal attachment for nursery toilets



April 8, 1952 P. LA HUE URINAL ATTACHMENTIEOR NURSERY TOILETS Filed May 6, 1950 Patented Apr. 8, 1952 UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE Paul D; La Hue, Dallas, Tex.

Application MayG, 1950, Serial No. 160,464

4 Claims. 1.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in urinal pot attachments for juvenile boys.

One object of the invention is to provide an upright guard or shield adapted to be mounted on the side wall and rim of a toilet pot, whereby the child may be taught to urinate from a standing position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved urinal pot attachment adapted to be applied to and removed from an ordinary urinal pot, whereby the pot may be used from a standing position.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved urinal pot attachment, arranged to be attached to an ordinary nursery pot and including an upright, transversely curved guard or shield of suflicient height to enable the user to eject a stream against the medial portion thereof, from a standing position.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved urinal shield, which may be readily attached to and removed from an ordinary pot, for cleansing and sanitary purposes and which may be equipped with braces engaging the floor and preventing overturning of the pot, on the guard side thereof.

A construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described together with other features of the invention.

The invention will be more readily understood from a reading of the specification and by reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein examples of the invention are shown, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shield, constructed in accordance with the invention, mounted on an ordinary nursery pot,

Fig. 2 is a partial vertical, sectional view of the lower portion of the shield mounted on a pot,

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same, and

Fig. 4 is a reduced plan view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the numeral i5) designates, in general, an upright shield constructed in accordance with the invention and mounted on a nursery pot ll. While the shield may be applied in any approved manner, I prefer to have its lower apron l2 snugly engage the inner surface of the upright annular wall l3 of the pot. Two legs I4 have their upper flat ends secured to the rear or outer side of the shield, adjacent the vertical side edges thereof and above the rim i5 of the pot.

Each leg has an outwardly bent keeper It, a short distance below its upper end, adapted to engage over the outer edge ofthe rim l5, acting, somewhat as aclip'in conjun'ction with the apron l2, to hold the shield in an upright position'on the pot. Each leg inclines outwardly and downwardly to the floor on which the pot rests. By attaching the legs to the marginal portions of the shield and making the curved shield of amplified transverse area, the legs will be spaced sufiiciently to provide divergent braces, as is best shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The apron I2 is curved transversely to conform to the inner surface of the wall I3 of the pot and is then curved outwardly and transversely, to form an offset 11, which is merged into the bottom of an upright, transversely curved plate l8. The offset ll overhangs the rim l5 of the pot and the plate extends vertically therefrom. The plate may be struck on the same transverse curve as the apron, but this is subject to variation.

The plate i8 is given sufficient width to shield ordinary splattering and is of such height that when the youngster is standing, the stream will strike below the top thereof. The legs l4 not only support the shield, but prevent overturning of the pot. It is obvious that the shield may be readily removed from the pot by pulling upward thereon and as readily replaced.

The device is intended, primarily, for use in training youthful boys from an age of about 18 months, or whenever he begins to walk, and is used to teach the boy to urinate from a standing position. Such training results in proper habits and eliminates the necessity of the parent placing the body on a toilet seat. Further, this invention has a certain degree of attraction to the youngster and inculcates in him clean and regular habits, as well as reducing the labor of the mother.

The foregoing description of the invention is explanatory thereof and various changes in the size, shape and materials, as well as in the details of the illustrated construction may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a urinal pot, an upright transversely curved shield detachably mounted on the pot having an apron extending down into the pot and an upright plate offset outwardly from the apron and extending above the pot a substantial distance to enable a boy to eject a stream against the shield from a standing posir tion, and a support extending from the plate downwardly to engage a floor when the shield is on a pot.

2. A urinal pot attachment including, an upright transversely curved plate having a. depending transversely curved apron connected with the lower end of the plate by an ofiset, and legs secured at their upper ends to the outer side of the shield having keepers for engaging the rim of a pot and extending down for engaging a floor when the attachment is mounted on a pot.

3. A urinal pot attachment including, an upright transversely curved shield offset adjacent its lower end, and a floor support attached to the outer side of the shield and extending below to engage a floor and having means for engaging the rim of a pot.

4. A urinal pot attachment including, an elongate upright shield adapted to be mounted with its lower portion in a pot and having means a substantial distance above its lower end for engaging over the rim of a pot and an upper portion longer than the lower portion extending above said means, and a support attached to the outer side of the shield at the intermediate portion thereof having a portion for engaging the rim of a pot and extending downward for engaging a floor when the attachment is mounted on a pot.

PAUL D. LA HUE.

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